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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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