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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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