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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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