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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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