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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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