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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free 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 lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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