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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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