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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally 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. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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