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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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