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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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