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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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