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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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