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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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