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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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