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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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