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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. 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 for learners 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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