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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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