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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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