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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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