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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free 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 issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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