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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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