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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free for learners 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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