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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology have empowered learners all over 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. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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