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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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