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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not 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 several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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