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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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