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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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