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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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