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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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