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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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