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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver 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 online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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