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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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