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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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