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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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