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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are generally 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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