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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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