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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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