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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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