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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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