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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally 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 many issues that online learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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