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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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