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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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