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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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