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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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