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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are typically free 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 topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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