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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always 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 a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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