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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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