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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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