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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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