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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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