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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally 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. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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