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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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