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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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