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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

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