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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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