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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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