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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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