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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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