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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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