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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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