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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning enable students in nations all aver 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. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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