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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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