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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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