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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 several subjects that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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