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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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