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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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