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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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