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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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