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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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