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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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