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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources