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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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