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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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