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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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