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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly 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 topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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