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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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