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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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