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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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