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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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