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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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