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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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