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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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