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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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