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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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