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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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