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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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