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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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