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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key 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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