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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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