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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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