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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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