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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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