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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students 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 online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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