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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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