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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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