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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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