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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free 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 lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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