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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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