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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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