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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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