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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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