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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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