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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally 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 variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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