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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently 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 several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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