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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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