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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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