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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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