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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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