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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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