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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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