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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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