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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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