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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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