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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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