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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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