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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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