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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free 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. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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