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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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