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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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