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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the 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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