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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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