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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education