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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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