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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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