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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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