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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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