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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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