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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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