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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students 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 numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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