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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free 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 a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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