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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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