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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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