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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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