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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not 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 subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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