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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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