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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always 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 several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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