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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 elearning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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