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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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