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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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