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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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