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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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