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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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