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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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