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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

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