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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally 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. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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