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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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