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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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