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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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