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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily 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. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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