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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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