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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are free 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 are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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