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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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