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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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