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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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