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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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