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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always 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 topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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