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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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