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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses 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. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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