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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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