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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. 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 participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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