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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly 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 several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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