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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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