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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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