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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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