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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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