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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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