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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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