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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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