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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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