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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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