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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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