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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are almost always 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 many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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