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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically 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 several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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