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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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