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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently 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 issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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