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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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