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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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