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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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