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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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