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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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