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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for students 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 several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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