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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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