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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key 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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