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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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