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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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