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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open 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 many topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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