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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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