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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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