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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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