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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not 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 many issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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