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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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