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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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