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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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