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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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