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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 several topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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