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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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