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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for students 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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