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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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