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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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