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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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