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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the major 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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