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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students 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 variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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