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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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