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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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