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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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