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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always 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 online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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