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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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