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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually 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 numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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