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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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