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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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