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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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