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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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