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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education