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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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