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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses 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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