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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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