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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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