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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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