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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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