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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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