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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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