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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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