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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are typically 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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