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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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