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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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