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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online 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 several issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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