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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate 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 commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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