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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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