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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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