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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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