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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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