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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily 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 several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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