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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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