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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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