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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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