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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally 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 several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major 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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