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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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