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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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