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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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