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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always 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 institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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