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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes 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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