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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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