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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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