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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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