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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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