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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews 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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