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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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