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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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