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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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