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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally 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 quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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