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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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