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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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