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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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