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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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