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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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