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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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