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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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