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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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