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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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