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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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