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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free 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 topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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