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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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