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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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