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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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