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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly 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. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and 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 we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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