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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively 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 several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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