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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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