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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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