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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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