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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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