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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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