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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants 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 usually free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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