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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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