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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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