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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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