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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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