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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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