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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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