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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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