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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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