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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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