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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. Massive 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 organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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