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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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