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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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