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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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