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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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