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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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