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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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