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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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