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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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