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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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