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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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