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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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