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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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