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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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