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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are 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 online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines 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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