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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners 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 e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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