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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand these open education undertakings. 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 enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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