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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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