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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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