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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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