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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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