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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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