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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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