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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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