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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly 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 many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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