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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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