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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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