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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open 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 elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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