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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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