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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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