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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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