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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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