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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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