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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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