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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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