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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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