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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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