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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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