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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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