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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always 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 several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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