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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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