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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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