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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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