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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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