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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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