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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are normally free 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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