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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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