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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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