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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates 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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