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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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