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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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