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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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