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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always 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 issues that online learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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