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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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