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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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