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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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