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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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