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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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