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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over 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 commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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