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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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