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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not 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 variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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