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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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