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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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