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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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