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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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