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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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