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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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