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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly 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 variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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