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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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