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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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