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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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