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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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