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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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