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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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