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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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