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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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