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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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