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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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