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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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