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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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