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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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