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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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