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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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