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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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