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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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