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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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