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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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