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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major 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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