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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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