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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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