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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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