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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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