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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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