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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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