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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs 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 topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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