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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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