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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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