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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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