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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online 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 numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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