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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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