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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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