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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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