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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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