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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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