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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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