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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for students 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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