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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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