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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students 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. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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