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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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