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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic 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 massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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