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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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