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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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