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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally 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 variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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