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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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