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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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