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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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