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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners 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 topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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