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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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