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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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