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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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