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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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