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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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