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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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