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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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