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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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