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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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