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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources