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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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