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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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