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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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