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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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