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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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