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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically 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 subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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