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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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