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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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