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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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