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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the 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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