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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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