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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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