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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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