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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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