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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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