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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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