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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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