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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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