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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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