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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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