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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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