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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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