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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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