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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 e-learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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