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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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