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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally 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 lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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