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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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