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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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