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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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