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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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