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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly 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 topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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