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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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