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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key 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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