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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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