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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are 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 several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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