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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs 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 topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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