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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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