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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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