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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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