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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are mostly free 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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