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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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