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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major 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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