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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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