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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. 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 education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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