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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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