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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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