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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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