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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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