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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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