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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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