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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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