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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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