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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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