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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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