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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are normally 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 many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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