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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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