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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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