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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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