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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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