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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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