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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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