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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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