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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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