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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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