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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not 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 institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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