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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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