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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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