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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning enable people in nations all around 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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