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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily 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 a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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