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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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