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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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