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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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