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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not 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 education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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