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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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