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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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