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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling people 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. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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