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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes 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 free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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