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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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