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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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