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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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