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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free 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. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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