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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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