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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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