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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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