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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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