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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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