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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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