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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are 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 lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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