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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of 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. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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