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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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