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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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