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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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