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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. 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 expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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