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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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