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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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