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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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