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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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