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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning enable learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically 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 a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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