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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally 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 many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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