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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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