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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the 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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