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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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