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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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