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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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